Blount Tempest . >. hex Clara Harcourt discovered she hadbeen made the dupe and tool of thedesigning Creevy, she declined al-lowing the impending suit of MasseyV. Massey to proceed in her name. For once in thehistory of the Courts, the cKent got the oyster andthe lawyers got the shell. The gentlemen of thelong robe had been whetting their forensic appe-tites for a length of time upon the anticipation ofa feast of fat things in briefs and retainers andrefreshers! But they were disappointed; andClara proved herself a better and higher-mindedwoman than her enemies or flatterers had eversuspect
Blount Tempest . >. hex Clara Harcourt discovered she hadbeen made the dupe and tool of thedesigning Creevy, she declined al-lowing the impending suit of MasseyV. Massey to proceed in her name. For once in thehistory of the Courts, the cKent got the oyster andthe lawyers got the shell. The gentlemen of thelong robe had been whetting their forensic appe-tites for a length of time upon the anticipation ofa feast of fat things in briefs and retainers andrefreshers! But they were disappointed; andClara proved herself a better and higher-mindedwoman than her enemies or flatterers had eversuspected. As soon as she knew she had no pre-tensions to being the child of Gerald Massey orheiress to his estates, she frankly wrote to her oldpupil and friend, Mabel. For herself, she repudi- ,398 TEMlEST. jited any claim, and also the conduct of those whohad imposed upon her. She asked Mabel to par-don her, if in her domestic misery and subjectionto the Creevys, the prospect of independence andwealth had for a mom
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